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Chapter 679 Finlake! (Second update! 7k8 today)

Church of Agnes.

——Boom!

Just now, the huge commotion coming from the bishop's seat threw all the clergy into a panic—none of them knew what had happened, but all they knew was that something quite significant had occurred.

At this time of night, when the clergy were preparing for their rest, something was clearly happening. Almost all of their attention had shifted to the Holy See of Bishop Donovan—

That was the most magnificent and striking sacred building in the church's inner courtyard—a towering seven-story holy tower, and in the next moment,
--boom!!!!!!!

A surge of holy light, radiating a dazzling golden glow, burst forth from the bishop's throne, blasting a huge crater from the inside out!

That wasn't unleashed by Bishop Donovan; Bishop Donovan doesn't possess that kind of power!
All the clergy in the church at that moment witnessed this scene, and then they saw a holy, pure white, six-winged angel fly out of the Holy See, and with him flying out was none other than Bishop Donovan!

"bishop!"

Some of the clergy who were closer had already seen their bishop calling out to Donovan—

"Bishop! Bishop!"

"..."

But their bishop, Donovan, did not respond to them. In the eyes of the clergy, the pure white angel and Bishop Donovan were like shooting stars, piercing the distant sky.

All the clergy still do not know what has happened.

But in the next moment—

"Roar!!!!!"

All the clergymen heard at the same time a tremendous roar from a dragon!

It was a terrifying figure hidden high in the sky, among the thick clouds—a terrifying two-headed dragon. Its dragon eyes looked down upon the entire church and released a terrifying spiritual pressure upon all the clergy!
The lower-ranking clergy were already feeling the immense pressure. Their bodies went limp beyond their control, and they collapsed onto the ground like soft mud, one after another, with a series of "splat, splat" sounds.

"what is that……"

Some of the clergy looked up at the sky and saw that enormous, sky-covering figure.

Some of the older clergy had already recognized Him—for the saints of the "Holy Court" had recently defeated Him outside the great city of Fafnir within the territory of the Dark Principality, and those clergy who had visited Fafnir had a deep impression of His image.

"That's... the Primordial Demon, it's the Primordial Demon!"

"'The Devouring Dragon' Fafnir! It's Him, it's Him!"

—The enormous black dragon that appeared above the city of Agus, blotting out the sky, was indeed the "Devourer Dragon" Fafnir Ramziaz!
No one knows why He is here—because the "Devourer Dragon" should be locked at the bottom of the Holy Court, sealed by layers of unbreakable holy barriers, and strictly guarded by the "First Cardinal" Finlake!

The "Devouring Dragon" couldn't possibly escape from the Holy Court—that was the original thought of all the clergy.
But the next moment, the terrifying black dragon high in the sky, its only remaining neck piercing through the clouds, its ferocious head facing the church, its two scarlet dragon eyes radiating a deep and greedy light, took in everything about the church in Agus City.

“Acpilus…that sir is right…”

"The Devouring Dragon," it slightly opened its jaws, emitting a deep, pleasant sound from its heavy dragon breath—

"Agus City...Agus City! Agus City overflowing with food, a place where one can devour everything!"

"--roar!!!!!"

He roared terrifyingly once more, and from the Church of Agus, dozens of courageous clergy raised their staffs to the sky, launching an attack on the Devouring Dragon—

Boom boom boom! ! !
Golden beams of holy light shot into the sky like fireworks, but they were either extinguished or shot down before they could actually reach the "Devouring Dragon"—the vast difference in their levels made it difficult for the clergy in the church to inflict any effective damage on the Devouring Dragon!

Below Bishop Donovan of the Church—the Church of Argus City has four Saints of the "Sixfold Fate"—a level capable of posing a threat to a progenitor demon like the "Devouring Dragon."
However, none of the sixfold destiny saints are currently in the church, but are scattered throughout the city of Agus, doing their own things.

The sudden attack by the "Dragon Devourer" may have been timed precisely when, without the guidance of a saint with six destinies, fear had begun to spread uncontrollably among the clergy of the church.

But in the next moment—

Just moments before Fafnir, the "Dragon Devourer," was about to unleash His wrath upon the church,
--boom!!!!!!!

A golden "meteor" shot straight from the distant city of Agus towards the Devouring Dragon high in the sky, piercing through its head as it was slowly opening its jaws!

"--roar!!!!!"

The head of the Devouring Dragon was blasted and twisted to one side, and it let out a violent and painful roar!

The clergy who looked up at the sky saw that a holy sword bursting with flames had been inserted into the head of the Devouring Dragon, and the one holding the sword was an angel, an angel with six holy wings spread behind him!

The old clergy had seen and were intimately familiar with the holy image of that angel—

That was none other than the current Holy Maiden of the Holy Court, Franya, the contracted angel of the "Celestial Crown"!
— "Six-winged Angel" Aziphel!
"……demon."

Archangel Aziphael gripped the holy sword, gleaming with golden light, tightly in both hands. His face was devoid of its usual compassion, displaying only hatred and indifference.

“We shouldn’t have let you go… We should have really killed you back then…”

--boom!!!!!!!

From the holy sword held by Azifiel, an intensely blazing flame was instantly drawn from its blade—the scorching fire began to burn from the dragon's skull, and then spread the flames, filled with the power of purification, holy incineration, and annihilation, to its neck and then to its body!
"--roar!!!!!"

Fafnir Ramzanx, the "Devourer Dragon," unleashed another piercing and deafening roar!

He had fought the archangel Aziphel before—but the Devouring Dragon did not expect that when he saw Aziphel again, he was now a "six-winged angel," a six-winged angel who was a "celestial spirit" just like the Devouring Dragon himself!

The Devouring Dragon, however, became weaker—it escaped from Finlake's clutches at the cost of becoming a servant of the "Primal Demon" Accipiles. But the master demon did not grant it new power; it merely reassembled its dismembered body and even stole some of its power.

Like His dragon neck and the dragon head connected to it—where originally resided the soul of "Destruction Dragon" Rochester, but Rochester had truly died, his body and soul were completely destroyed in the Battle of Fafnir, leaving one of the "Devourer Dragon's" dragon heads as an empty shell.

The "Primordial Demon" Accipiles devoured the neck and head of the Devouring Dragon, significantly weakening his power compared to his prime. Now, the "Six-Winged Angel" Aziphael is enough to suppress him!
—Boom!! Boom boom boom!!!
A series of terrifying, dense explosions erupted from the Devouring Dragon's body!

That finally caused the colossal black dragon high in the sky to be unable to hang majestically above all else; it plummeted downwards like a meteorite.

boom! ! ! ! !
He ultimately fell outside the Church of Agus, on the outskirts of the city of Agus, and at the same moment, another pure white figure rose from the city of Agus—

Such a solemn and sacred figure, whose name is familiar to all the clergy.

—"Saintess" Franya!

She had risen into the air, and above her head, a holy halo like an ice crown had appeared—her "holy crown" was radiating a pure and radiant light, and all the clergy of the Church of Agus felt a profound peace and warmth.

“I am ‘Sky Dome’ Franya Mayerling – no need to be alarmed, I am here.”

In mid-air, all the clergy looked up at that lofty and sacred figure—

The sacred hall unfolded layer by layer, shrouding the sky like a veil; countless brilliant rays of light surged like a tide, illuminating the originally dark night sky like the bright sun!
"Fenlake Saint-Lerran, the former 'First Cardinal' of the Holy See, has betrayed the Holy See—all the calamities are caused by Fenlake, and I have come here only to purge him—"

"Celestial Crown" Franya, her voice so serene yet so solemn and clear—reached the ears of every clergyman.

"Now, I will take over the Church of Agnes."

Frania looked down upon all the clergy of the Church of Agus, and issued her first command to them—

"Leave the Church of Agus immediately and head into the city. The paladins of the 'Godhunter' Templar Knights will lead you to where you are meant to be."

"No one should linger here—this place will become a battlefield—this is already a battlefield."

"The entire city of Argus will become a battlefield of divine punishment!"

……

After watching the guardian angel leave with Bishop Donovan, Luo Xiu turned around and looked at the road leading away from the Holy See.

All the lights were off, and only a low, mournful sound emanated from the end of the corridor. This was the corridor before us, the final destination of the spirit that had just shattered one of Finlake's avatars.

Luo Xiu's gaze had become profound as he stared at the end of the dark corridor, hearing a series of reverberating sounds coming from outside the Holy Throne where he was.

Then he heard Francia's voice coming from the high heavens beyond the Holy See—she had appeared before the Church of Agus and all the clergy, taking over the Church in place of Bishop Donovan, so he could act now.

One step, one step, one step—

Luo Xiu looked at the dimly lit corridor. In his hands, he had changed from holding the [Holy Grip] to holding his most familiar Dragon Flame Demon Sword and Dragon Breath Scepter. With each step he took, he felt that he was getting closer to a huge source of chaos, and he could hear the sound of surging and roaring in the deepest part of it.

Now, only a corner of "Fenlake" is visible.

The "Primal Demon" has not yet appeared—all the resistance encountered so far does not originate from the power of that Primal Demon.

In the already chaotic bishop's seat, at Luo Xiu's feet, the black water that had lost its vitality began to writhe again—the pitch-black corrosive liquid gathered into tiny hands, reaching out towards Luo Xiu, trying to grab him and pull him into the deep black pool!

But when those black tentacles actually touch Luo Xiu, the dark golden barrier will appear, igniting all the black tentacles that try to touch and erode Luo Xiu, burning them to ash and disintegrating them!
Luo Xiu's gaze never left the narrow corridor.

"You shouldn't have come..."

“This is Saint-Léon’s business…you shouldn’t have come…”

"..."

A voice rang in Luo Xiu's ears—everything he saw began to distort and spin, as if the whole world was turning upside down!
That is the power of nothingness!

It is Finlake's power—in fact, the "avatar of chaos" he appeared here before was also the power of [nothingness].

However, Luo Xiu was unaffected by him—the "Resistance" attribute, coupled with the legendary-quality feat [Disillusionment of the Spirit Descendant], allowed him to essentially ignore these illusions.

Although many of the illusions were not aimed at him, but only to protect Finlake from being discovered, as Luo Xiu took one step at a time and got closer and closer to the corridor, he could no longer hide himself.

Until Luo Xiu suddenly stopped at a certain moment.

The demonic sword and scepter he held in his hands were both pointed at the ground in front of him—

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !
Almost simultaneously, two blazing flames erupted from the demonic sword and scepter, piercing through the floor of the Holy Throne and into the earth, creating a huge crater!

However, at the same time, another deep golden light came from the opposite direction of the dragon's breath and the Devouring Slash, striking back in the opposite direction!
The crimson dragon breath and the slashing flames were dissolved and extinguished under the golden light, just as the originally blazing flames were thrown into the ocean and became ashes that could no longer be burned.

Then—the dragon's breath, the flames of the Devouring Slash, and the dark golden light all began to rotate and merge at the same time, before turning into nothingness.

In Luo Xiu's eyes, he had already seen it—

Right in the direction he aimed and blasted, in the huge crater he created.

Another saint, dressed in a pure white robe, with eyes that also shone with a golden light, and holding a scepter, appeared there.

Around him lay corpses—the bodies of many high-ranking clergy members, as well as two "archbishops," one "deacon," and one "sun knight"—the four "sixfold destiny" saints of the Church of Agus!

Amidst these corpses stood the "Cardinal," his body untouched by blood, his eyes filled with pity as he looked at Luo Xiu.

“I warned you…you shouldn’t have come here…”

—That's "Finlake"!
The moment Luo Xiu saw the "Cardinal" appear before him, the panel's detection immediately identified him—

That was the real Finlake, the very same "Finlake Saint-Lerran"!
He finally showed up!

……

(End of this chapter)